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The Recent Amendments To The Jordanian Personal Status Law In 2001, A Legal Jurisprudence Study, Aladdin Rahal, Ahmed Al-Saad

Jerash for Research and Studies Journal مجلة جرش للبحوث والدراسات

This research aims at studying the latest emendations done on the Jordanian status law issued in 2001 from a fight judicial point of view, and to compare these emendations with the texts of the Jordanian civil status law of 1976. to show their judicial justifications and reasons for emendation, and to identity the consequences of such emendations. The researcher mentions the original texts before emendation and the amended ones, showing the difference between them quoting sayings scholars to originate such differences the also shows his own opinion in the antineutrons. The results suggest that the emendations occurrence few compared to …

The Effectiveness Of The Universal Periodic Review For Human Rights: Jordan As A Case Study, أيمن الهلسه

Jerash for Research and Studies Journal مجلة جرش للبحوث والدراسات

The research focused on the effectiveness of the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) within four chapters.

The first chapter explained the history behind the creation of the UPR, the UPR process, the role of Un Human Rights Council in the process, UPR procedures and how it is implemented.

The second chapter discussed the challenges that the UPR process is facing, states’ interaction with this new mechanism and how the UN Human Rights Council reacted and dealt with states that did not cooperate with UPR procedures.

The third chapter explained the legal nature of UPR recommendations. Various opinions were analyzed and discussed …

The Courts Discretionary Role In Testimony, علاء الدين عبابنة

Jerash for Research and Studies Journal مجلة جرش للبحوث والدراسات

There is no doubt that evidence by testimony came as a sign that legislator wants to give judges full power to weigh the evidence, unlike the situation in other kind of evidences where the judge is restricted upon a kind of evidence.

This article shows that even the law has given wide authority to the judge upon testimony; the extent of this authority differs from legislation to another in different countries according to the adopted principle of evidence. Accordingly, this article has been divided into three sections; the first examines the judge's authority upon evidence by testimony, while the second …